Example sentences of "but [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was mentioned in all four popular newspapers , but only in the Star was the trial mentioned on three separate days . |
| 2 | It was a lot of hard work and a lot of fun , but once in a lifetime was enough , as they themselves had been told by those who had made the 1928 pie . |
| 3 | This is very astute criticism of Yeats : but more to the point is that Pound here confesses self-doubts such as he would have concealed from anyone he did not trust absolutely . |
| 4 | The subject matter suggests Minoan Crete , but more to the point is the material of which the carving is made : it is gypsum , which is not found near Mycenae , but is found on Crete and was used extensively by the Knossians for embellishing their temple . |
| 5 | But further along the branch was another world . |
| 6 | As in the case of parent-child relationships we find here that one-way flows of support can not only be tolerated , but also in a sense are expected , provided the direction of the support is from grandparent to grandchild . |
| 7 | Most of the houses he had seen were drab , workmen 's dwellings , but here on the periphery was an attractive tree-lined road which bespoke money , and plenty of it . |
| 8 | But here with the sport is Tim Russon . |